Gravesande, Willem Jacob 's
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An essay on perspective
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and drawing a Line from the Point I to the
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other Point of Diſtance; </
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ctive Plane, Z the Geometrical Plane, O the Eye,
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D C the Horizontal Line, B E the Baſe Line, and
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A the given Point.</
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ting the Baſe Line in the Point B, and the Horizon-
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Plane, is ſimilar to the Triangle A B E in the
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and therefore it will be in a, their Interſection.</
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the Horizontal Plane be not known, but the Point
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a Perpendicular muſt be rais’d from the Point </
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